Underground solution to starving rice plants
Scientists have pinpointed a gene that enables rice plants to produce around 20% more grain by increasing uptake of phosphorus, an important, but limited, plant nutrient.More >
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Vietnam: Training course held on Participatory Adaptive Research in Hue City
A training course and workshop on Participatory Adaptive Research on stress-tolerant rice varieties in coastal areas of Central Vietnam was held at the Faculty of Agronomy, Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry (HUAF) in Hue City, Central Vietnam on 13-16 August. This collaborative activity aims to develop updated technical methodology on adaptive research and dissemination strategies on stress- tolerant rice and associated production management for saline- and submergence-prone areas.More >
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India: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University appoints Prof. K Ramasamy as Vice Chancellor
Prof. K Ramasamy has been appointed as the new vice chancellor of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore for the next 3 years.More >
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Global rice market: will it follow corn and wheat?
Global crop prices have been on a bull run since the beginning of June 2012 in response to severe drought in the United States causing widespread fear of another food crisis, the third in the last five years. Corn futures prices in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) have gone up by more than 50 percent in the last two and half months whereas soybeans and wheat prices have increased by 30-45 percent during the same period. More >
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Pakistan: CSISA convinces more farmers to use zero-tillage technology for direct seeded rice
The Cereal System Initiative South Asia (CSISA) is promoting zero-tillage technology for direct seeded rice (DSR) at a few places in and outside Pakistan. Zero-tillage for DSR, which reduces cost of production while increasing crop yields and farmers’ profits, has been successfully demonstrated through various CSISA traveling seminars and outreach programs.
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Philippines: SINOP reaches out to students and evacuees
Members of The Society of IRRI Non-research Professionals (SINOP) distributed umbrellas to students of
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Vietnam: CLUES project holds second semi-annual review and workshop in Can Tho University
The Climate Change Affecting Land Use in the Mekong Delta: Adaptation of Rice-based Cropping Systems (CLUES) held its second semi-annual review and planning workshop on 8-10 August at Can Tho University (CTU) in Vietnam. More than 60 Vietnamese scientists and local staff from CTU, Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute (CLRRI), Southern Institute for Water Resources Planning (SIWRP), Institute of Agricultural Sciences for Southern Vietnam (IAS), and Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) of An Giang, Can Tho, Hau Giang and Bac Lieu provinces as well as scientists from the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and International Water Management Institute (IWMI) participated in the said activity.
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HR successfully implements training on Writing Job Profiles
Ninety-five HQ-based IRRI staff from various disciplines and job levels attended the training sessions on Writing Job Profiles on 15 and 16 August. The participants were trained in creating standard job profiles through job analysis. The activity is the first step in the development of career paths for Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS). Hundreds of staff members are expected to collaborate on drafting a set of standard job profiles for the Institute.
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IRRI Seminar
Working with Smallholder Farmers for Increased Rice Productivity: The Sulawesi Experience
By Madonna C. Casimero, senior scientist (agronomy), Crop and Environmental Sciences Division, IRRI
1315-1415 H, Thursday, 30 August 2012 | Havener Auditorium, IRRI
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Possibility of rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana, Tanzania and Mozambique
Possibility of rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana, Tanzania and Mozambique
By Millicent Degraft-Johnson, PhD Student, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
1330-1430 H, Friday, 31 August 2012 | SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall
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1330-1430 H, Friday, 31 August 2012 | SSD Conference Room, Drilon Hall
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Invitation to join Social Science Network
SSD is inviting the following to join the Social Science Network: economists, anthropologists, sociologists, human ecologists, psychologists, geographers, public policy specialists, political scientists, marketing specialists, business model specialists, and other related social science disciplines who have completed or are in the process of completing a graduate degree (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) and have at least 1 year of developing country experience; and social scientists across the globe with research interests or experience in Southeast Asia and South Asia on rice-based cropping systems.
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